Chương 11: Your waist... is really strong!

.. is really strong!

puff!

puff!

Like a nimble fish, Cai Ni was the first to leap out of the water, her graceful body swaying.

Xiao Yao's tightly clenched hands loosened at this moment.

"Phew... Ah... Finally out!" Xiao Yao gasped for breath; the experience in that dark river was truly unbearable.

I'm filled with the excitement of escaping to heaven!

Snapped!

A crisp slap snapped him out of his excitement, leaving him somewhat dazed.

Just as a fair, delicate hand was about to rise again, he quickly reached out and grabbed it.

"What are you doing? Are you sick?"

"You! You! You! Bastard!"

At this moment, Cai Ni was only wearing a red bellyband, which was trying to cover her two playful rabbits as her chest rose and fell slightly.

She was furious at the moment, and the only way to vent her anger was to slap the other person a few times.

Xiao Yao said somewhat aggrievedly, "It's all a misunderstanding! Who told you to swim so fast? I apologized, isn't that enough? Is it really necessary!"

"Hmph! Let go now!!"

"Go gather firewood and prepare to start a fire!"

"I'm going to find a secluded place."

Cai Ni angrily pulled her hand away and turned to walk towards a large tree on the shore.

Snapped!

Unexpectedly, at that moment, the snake's tail suddenly shot up and slapped Xiao Yao hard on the other side of his face.

"You!" Xiao Yao was caught off guard and received another slap.

"Forget it... I was also at fault!" Xiao Yao was too lazy to argue with him, and besides, he was indeed in the wrong and had taken advantage of the situation.

Cai Ni didn't want to deal with this bastard, so she slapped him and left, but a sentence from behind made her freeze on the spot.

"Do you think I want to hug you? Your back is as stiff as a rock..."

Cai Ni clenched her teeth, her delicate body trembling, as she struggled to restrain herself from moving forward.

Seeing this, Xiao Yao quickly made his escape; he didn't want to get hit again.

The prolonged immersion in the cold river water caused their skin to turn somewhat pale, especially Cai Ni, whose complexion was even worse than Xiao Yao's, and she needed to rest.

Xiao Yao looked around and found that the place was densely wooded and surrounded by mountains, which was quite secluded. He then gathered some firewood and checked for any potential dangers.

The Monster Mountain Range can be described as a paradise for ferocious beasts; a slight misstep and they would perish there.

"Hey! There's a cave here!"

Just as I finished gathering a small bundle of firewood, Cai Ni's shouts rang out.

Xiao Yao looked in the direction of the sound and, by the moonlight, could see several large trees growing around the foot of the mountain.

He immediately grabbed some firewood and rushed over.

Using the moonlight at the cave entrance, the two entered and found that the cave was quite spacious, about a hundred cubic meters in size, and even their voices echoed.

Looking further, there were traces of fire on the ground, but the ash on the ground was enough to show that no one had been here for a long time.

Xiao Yao then started a fire on the spot, which was a piece of cake for him.

I used to go into the mountains to catch pheasants myself, and starting a fire in the wild was an essential skill.

"Ugh, if only I were fire-elemental, I wouldn't have to go through all this trouble..."

With a soft "poof," the entire cave was illuminated.

"Are we safe staying here?" Xiao Yao asked while adjusting the flames.

"We should be safe for now. We've been swimming in the underground river for almost an hour, and with the current, we're probably quite far from there." Cai Ni's complexion was still very poor, and her lips were even turning purple.

"So we're just going to keep hiding like this? Who knows, they might find us here!" Xiao Yao continued to ask.

"This is no longer the outer edge of the Monster Mountain Range. It's still dark at night, and this place is extremely well hidden. We won't be able to find it anytime soon."

"Instead of wandering around aimlessly and facing the risks of many monsters, it's safer to stay here. I hope my people can find me soon... then we'll be completely safe."

"Okay, that's good. The fire will burn out soon. I'll go gather some more firewood and find some food while I'm at it."

"Um……"

Xiao Yao agreed with Cai Ni's suggestion; now all they had to do was wait.

Then we need to be well-fed and warmly clothed; the most urgent tasks are to fill our stomachs and keep warm.

Xiao Yao was naturally very familiar with these skills used in the mountains and wilderness.

He returned shortly afterward, carrying a large stack of firewood in his left hand and a large bundle wrapped in his dark gray coat in his right.

He stood at the entrance of the cave and spoke casually to Cai Ni.

"Hehe, I'm in for a treat! I'm going to enjoy this snake to my heart's content today..."

After saying a few words, Xiao Yao began to rekindle the fire that was about to go out.

"What do you mean, 'enjoy'? A snake? Does he mean... you bastard!"

"All men in the world are the same kind of people, such a scoundrel at such a young age!" Cai Ni's face turned even worse. She didn't expect to escape one danger only to fall into another.

Then Xiao Yao started taking off his clothes, exposing his bare upper body. Although Xiao Yao was only about thirteen years old, he was very well-developed and his height was almost 1. 8 meters.

Eight well-defined abs, paired with well-defined pectoral muscles that outline a angular profile—if this were in my previous life, I might have been a bodybuilder.

"Ah! What are you doing! I won't let you succeed even if I die. Are you going to break your oath and suffer the consequences?" His action immediately startled Cai Ni, who screamed in fright.

She clutched her hands to her chest, tightly gripping the only remaining red undergarment to protect her innocence, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face.

"What are you doing? Of course, you're taking off your clothes to dry them! Are you going to keep wearing them like this?" Xiao Yao was also confused by Cai Ni's sudden action.

"Then tell me... you still want to enjoy this snake, you bastard! Waaah..."

"Oh, you mean snakes? Of course, it's these!" Xiao Yao pointed to a cloth bundle wrapped in clothes on the ground. After rummaging around for a while, he pulled out two green snakes about the length of a leather belt, along with some wild fruits of various colors.

"You! You!"

Cai Ni immediately realized that she had misunderstood Xiao Yao; he really was... a snake!

The next second she cried, sobbing uncontrollably!

From being kidnapped by Elder Jin and falling into despair to being forced to flee again, she dared not relax her tense nerves, fearing that her death would make her a sinner to the snake people.

She was even more afraid of failing to fulfill her mother's request. After all, she was just a young girl in her early twenties. She had been worried about her safety all day, and all her emotions finally collapsed at this moment.

"What kind of person do you take me for! I'll just light another fire next to you and stay away from you, okay?"

"well..."

Xiao Yao also realized what was happening and felt a pang of sadness.

Although he wasn't exactly a saint, he wasn't a petty person who would take advantage of any opportunity.

Ignoring the beautiful girl crying her eyes out, he tidied up his things and started a fire a few meters away near the cave entrance, leaving the inside entirely to Cai Ni.

Then he set up a frame between them, draped his coat over it, and made it into a curtain that could block their view of each other.

"Waaah... I... I didn't mean that..." Cai Ni was still deeply immersed in her emotions, trying to explain with a sob in her voice.

However, by then the curtain had completely separated them.

Cai Ni could only stare blankly at the fire in front of her, sobbing softly.